Alone in front of the Senate-house, Aaron delivers a soliloquy (a long speech that reveals a character’s innermost thoughts to the audience) about Tamora’s rise to power in Rome. Since Tamora and Aaron are longtime secret lovers, Aaron is hoping to benefit from Tamora’s new status as Rome’s imperial first lady. Aaron also brags that, since Tamora is basically his love slave, he’ll soon be in a position to destroy Rome. (Aaron never really explains why he wants to do this.)